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The study of nonlinear systems continues to yield new and fascinating phenomena. Recently, a striking development has emerged in complex systems research: bringing together concepts from statistical and nonlinear physics allowed for the prediction and discovery of a novel effect, called the chimera state. Chimera states are a nice example of unexpected, counterintuitive dynamics where the interplay of synchronization, long-range interactions and pattern formation mechanisms are essential.
The aim of the school is to review the progress in this field, where physics and applied mathematics strongly overlap with life sciences; find new interconnections and general analytic, numerical, and statistical approaches; and identify novel directions and cross-disciplinary applications. The targeted audience includes advanced undergraduate and PhD students, as well as post-doctoral fellows and junior researchers. Special attention will be devoted to the training of scientists from developing countries in line with the fundamental mission of the AS-ICTP.
The workshop brings together a mix of world-leading experts in the field and young researchers to cover most important recent achievements in understanding of complex structures and the nature of synchrony in nonequilibrium systems.
TOPICS:
Synchronization
Patterns
Networks
Chimera states
Spatio-temporal complexity
Long-range interactions
Multistability
Active matter
Nonlinear waves
GRANTS:
A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.
DEADLINE:
For applications needing financial support and/or visa: February 28, 2019
For applications not needing financial support and/or visa: March 15, 2019
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Europe/RomeThe School aims at bringing together new ideas, novel results, problems and prospects of modern condensed matter physics with special focus on quantum technologies. The latter is new and advanced area of physics and engineering, based on the use some of the phenomena in quantum mechanics, such as quantum entanglement, quantum superposition and quantum tunneling and interference eﬀects for practical applications such as quantum computing, quantum sensing, quantum cryptography, high precision quantum metrology and quantum imaging.
This will be done by presenting series of lectures for the broad auditorium of young researchers (e.g. Master and PhD students, young postdocs and research associates), as well as senior scientists from developing countries working on diﬀerent areas of condensed matter physics, material science, and statistical and chemical physics. Invited lecturers will be world-wide well-known experts on the above topics.
The lectures to be presented will be focused on most advanced topics of condensed matter physics which are relevant to novel materials for energy conversion, quantum information and medical applications. The goal of the lectures will be twofold, educational and expert-level discussions of novel results. The latter will be done both during the panel lectures and informal seminars.
Topics:
• Graphene, two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures;
• Majorana fermions;
• Topological insulators;
• Quantum hall effect;
• Novel superconducting materials;
• Quantum entanglement and quantum computing;
• Quantum networks and their applications;
• Quantum optics and cold atoms;
• Quantum metrology
Invited speakers:
A. Akhmerov (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
G. Casati (University of Insubria, Italy)
A.H. Castro Neto (National University of Singapore)
R. Fazio (The Abdus Salam ICTP, Italy)
K. Flensberg (Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark)
Y. Gefen (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
A. Geim (The University of Manchester, U.K.)
L. Glazman (Yale University, U.S.A.)
M. Katsnelson (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
A.H. MacDonald (University of Texas at Austin)
C. Marcus (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
T. Martin (Aix-Marseille University, France)
L. Molenkamp (University of Wurzburg, Germany)
F. Von Oppen (Free University of Berlin, Germany)
Y. Oreg (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
F. Peeters (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
S. Sachdev (Harvard University, U.S.A.)
A. Stern (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
Further information may be obtained from the poster and at http://acmp2019.las.uz/ Deadline: 1st February 2019Samarkand - UzbekistanICTPpio@ictp.it

Europe/RomeThe first week of this activity (May 27-31) will consist of introductory lectures aimed at graduate students, postdocs, and junior researchers. Topics include – far from equilibrium physics, many-body coherent dynamics, Anderson and many-body localization, and quantum information processing from many-body physics perspective.
In the second week (June 3-7), we will have conference-style talks on these subjects as well as on a broader array of topics at the forefront of modern research in condensed matter physics and related areas. Additional subjects include quantum gases, superconductivity and superconducting qubits, topological states of matter, integrable systems, low-dimensional physics, disordered systems, quantum thermodynamics, driven and driven-dissipative dynamics etc.
Further information is available on poster below.
NEW DEADLINE for applicants not requesting financial support: 17th March 2019
Yerevan - ArmeniaICTPpio@ictp.it

Europe/Rome
* * * Online application is open until 3 March 2019 for candidates requesting financial support, otherwise until 15 March 2019 * * *
Energy and environmental issues are particularly challenging for the developing countries in general, both politically and economically. This may be due to the technological, cultural, and awareness gaps that exist in the general public in those countries with respect to the most developed countries. The impact of these gaps is mainly seen in the policies regarding global warming, the use of solar, wind, and hydrogen sources of energy, as well as the development of efficient energy storage technologies and capabilities. In 2012, the UN's SE4ALL issued a report which argues that no sustainable development can occur without sustainable energy. The Global Action Agenda defined by SE4ALL will require a critical mass of highly trained individuals within developing nations.
Currently, the three major areas of energy-related research are energy conversion, energy saving (including efficiency) and energy storage, all of which will require significant capacity building within developing countries. Strengthening the scientific and technological knowledge base in these areas represents a realistic approach to reduce the dependence on foreign imported skills and resources.
We believe that the understanding of the fundamental processes that are experimentally observed within materials at different scales can guide a very much needed approach of materials-by-design to improve efficiency and costs in several environment-friendly technologies. The School in Cartagena (Colombia) will provide an initial overview of recent experimental and theoretical developments and an in-depth treatment of some advanced computational methodologies that are used to address the problem of materials for energy and environmental applications.
A multiscale view of the materials modeling, with electronic structure methods at its base, is of paramount importance to guide and understand experimental results. Such a view is becoming the dominant framework of investigation in condensed matter physics, materials science, biology, and nanoscience.
In particular, methods such as Density Functional Theory are based on the almost exact solution of the Schrödinger equation for the electrons and allow for the description of the mechanical, vibrational, electrical, magnetic, and several other properties of solids with "chemical accuracy," without any empirical input.
This is a rapidly evolving field, which also offers people in developing countries the opportunity to carry out cutting-edge theoretical research with relatively low financial investments in equipment.
Our ultimate goal is to bring young scientists from those countries up to speed by providing them with the most recent knowledge about experimental developments as well as fundamental concepts coming from electronic structure research.
This activity offers also networking opportunities for participants to facilitate carrying out state of the art theoretical research on clean-energy materials, back in their home institutions.
Among the topics covered, we find:
- Computational multiscale techniques for the study of new materials
- Latest experimental developments in clean energy
- Structural, mechanical, optical, and transport properties of Surfaces and Interfaces
- Energy generation and storage materials design
- Catalysts and energy-saving materials
Lecturers:
R. Arratia-Pérez (UNAB, Chile)
P. Balbuena (TAMU)
S. Baroni (SISSA Trieste)
F. Giustino (Oxford)
N. Marzari (EPFL)
E. Menendez (U. Chile)
G. Merino (CINVESTAV Merida)
C. R. Miranda (USP)
S. E. Reyes-Lillo (UNAB, Chile)
J. Seminario (TAMU)
C. Wolverton (Northwestern U.)
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Deadine for application: 3 March 2019 if requesting financial support, otherwise: 15 March 2019.
ICTP Secretariat: smr3297@ictp.itCartagena - ColombiaICTPpio@ictp.it

Europe/Rome
ICTP supports the participation of scientists from developing countries in STATPHYS27 with a limited number of travel fellowships.
For all information on the conference and how to apply, please visit the STATPHYS27 website https://statphys27.df.uba.ar
The deadline for applications is March 8, 2019.
Program -> https://statphys27.df.uba.ar/program.html
Speakers -> https://statphys27.df.uba.ar/speakers.html
Applications -> https://statphys27.df.uba.ar/registration.html
Buenos Aires - ArgentinaICTPpio@ictp.it

Europe/Rome
The workshop aims at reviewing the state-of-the-art in non-equilibrium systems affected by (quantum) fluctuations and decoherence mechanisms bringing together scholars of international calibre active in diverse research communities, such as condensed matter, linear and non-linear optics, cold atoms and quantum information.
The workshop aims at reviewing the state-of-the-art and propose developments in the theoretical description and experimental control of decoherence and fluctuations in an ample set of physical contexts. One of the aims of the workshop is to identify similarities and differences between decoherence in model systems, such as optomechanical cavities and open quantum systems, and non-equilibrium phenomena in complex materials.
The goal is to set the roadmap to develop a universal view on how decoherence processes and quantum fluctuations govern the non-equilibrium dynamics in different systems.
Topics:
Quantum materials
Open quantum systems
Non equilibrium quantum systems and processes
Optomechanical systems
Decoherence
Cold Atoms
Contributed talks:
Limited space for contributing talks is available.
Poster session:
A poster session will be organized.
Grants:
A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.
Sponsor:
European Research Council (ERC):
INCEPT (Grant Number: 677488) "INhomogenieties and fluctuations in quantum CohErent matter Phases by ultrafast optical Tomography"
UfastU (Grant Number: 716648) "Theory of ultra-fast dynamics in correlated multi-band systems"
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